Blogs tagged "CiviCon"

I thought it would be useful to share a quick overview of how we are organising our conferences these days, and for people to understand how much it costs to put these events on, where the money comes from, and where it goes to.

The logistics

Over the past few years we have developed a model that seems to work quite well for organising a CiviCon. We are always improving and evolving the model, but there is a fair amount now that we have well rehearsed and easy to repeat. This is good since it takes some of the unknowns, and the stress out of organising. It also helps us get other people involved, share the knowledge, and grow the conference organising teams, which in turn helps us to improve and evolve things further (a nice virtuous circle). Organising teams are crucial to success of our events. They put a lot of work in to make each conference work and we need more help with each conference.

The financials

130 people have already registered for CiviCon London this Thursday and Friday, but there are still a few tickets left - now is your last chance to register - click here to book your place!

CiviCon London is Europe's biggest CiviCRM meetup. It is packed with sessions to help you learn about CiviCRM, and is the best place to meet and network with other CiviCRM users and providers. The conference is designed for new and existing users, and also for those considering using CiviCRM.

You don't have to be a techie to attend - have a look at our full session line up for users, including:

This October 3rd and 4th, it's CiviCon London 2013 - CiviCRM's Annual European Conference. CiviCon London is two days jam packed with super-interesting and informative sessions showing you how to make the most out of CiviCRM at your organisation. It's the best place for you to meet and network with people that can give you advice, share best practice, and help you with your CiviCRM project. But don't take our word for it - hear what people had to say about last years eventand register now!.

Sessions

Courtesy of our amazing community, we have a full line up of presentations, case studies and workshops. Remember - you don't need to be a techie to enjoy CiviCon! Whether you ar just getting started, or have been using it for years, we'll have something for you....

This coming Friday, September 6, is the first and most {event.event_type} CiviCRM conference on the East Coast, CiviCamp. Held in {address.location_type} downtown Washington, DC, CiviCamp is a one-day conference along with a two-day training, code and documentation sprint, and showcase reception: a chance to learn and meet other CiviCRM users, {contact.contact_sub_type}, and developers.

Register online by midnight PDT tonight, August 30, and you can save $15 off the {contribution.financial_type} for the conference. We will also accept last-minute registrations by cash, credit card, or {contribution.payment_instrument} at the door.

In 2009, with Common Cause International technical assistance and while developing a new citizen advocacy model for educational reform, we assessed the importance of IT solutions for managing members, petitions and donations from a large number of citizens. The IT solutions that US-based organizations used were discarded because their license was extremely expensive for Latin American organizations (Convio annual license cost is around US$50,000) and had in-built US representatives and media that was useless for Latin American contexts.

I believe it's only fair to see what you're getting before registering for a conference, and since the selected sessions have been announced today, the early-bird rate has been extended through tomorrow, August 2. Register today to lock in the discounted rate!

Are you interested in seeing what others have done with CiviCRM for their organizations? Join us on the evening before CiviCamp for the CiviCRM Showcase, sponsored by BackOffice Thinking. It will be a free, casual event featuring 10-minute talks from users...

It's with great regret that the Australia/New Zealand CiviCRM community announce the postponement of our first CiviCon. Whilst we had received some fantastic offers of sponsorship and session proposals, we just weren't getting the public registrations required to run such an event.

With hindsight it could be that coinciding the event with fundamentally a developer conference (DrupalCon) wasn't the best idea so we are currently investigating options for running at a time more convenient to our intended audience of implementors, systems administrators, CTOs and technical wizards at non profits and community groups.

We would like to again thank all of those who got involved with organising, volunteering and supporting and encourage any of you in our region to remain as involved with your...

What's Happening?

CiviCon is an opportunity to meet other people using, thinking about using, implementing or developing with CiviCRM along with some of the Core Team. You can learn from other people's experience, ask questions, and put faces to forum handles. It's also a chance to talk about what you are doing and sound out ideas. So, put 5th & 6th Feb in your calender, register your attendance and book your flights. If you happen to be close enough not to need to book flights please see the section below on helping out :-). February 5th will follow the format of previous CiviCons with the 6th being an...

CiviCon is the annual CiviCRM event bringing together the people who develop, design, implement, administer, and use CiviCRM.

We've already recruited many great speakers, developed breakout sessions and panels highlighting real-world examples of nonprofits growing and sustaining relationships using CiviCRM. Plus we've booked a great venue in the heart of London, and begun to promote the event to everybody we think it will be useful to

We're having weekly meetings on IRC to continue developing the most interesting and enjoyable conference held to date, and...